Chords for ALBERTO VAZQUES 16 TONS

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Some people say a man is made out of mud, [A] a [Bb] bone man's made out of muslin [Gb] and blood, [G] _
muslin and blood, down skin and bone, a [F] man that's a [Gb] week and about as strong as [Cm] _
[Bb] 16 tons.
[G] Why did you get me?
Another [Bb] day of the ram [G] beating day, [Cm] sent me to [Bb] do some gall, because [D] I came to haul [F]
my soul to the [C] company store.
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I was born [Eb] when the morning went [C] to sunlit and shine, I picked [Bb] up my shovel [G] and the wolf in mine, [Cm] he loaded [Bb] 16 tons, the [F]
novena [A] call and the call, [F] boss said [G] the world would bless my soul.
[Abm] He loaded [Bb] 16 tons, [A] why did [Bm] you get me?
Another [Bb] day of [Ab] the ram beating [Gb] day, [B] sent me [Bb] to go take all the [Gb] ghosts I can go, [F] haul my soul [Cm] to the company store. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ _ I was born when the morning was misty [Ab] and rain, [Bb] fighting men and horses, the [G] Lord of Might led me in a [B] race of [Bb] kings, with my old [D] mama and my [Gb] big old hat, tall and [Cm] long and made me go on landing,
he loaded [Bb] 16 tons, [Gb] why did you get me?
[C]
Another [Bb] day of the ram beating [G] day, [B] sent me to go take all the ghosts I [E] can go, [C] [G] haul my soul to [Cm] the company _ store.
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[Ab] He, he seen me coming by the step aside, [C] Lord [Bb] of men did, [G] Lord of men died, one faced the bar, [Eb] the [G] other his deal, if your mama [Cm] don't you get you, then the left one will.
He loaded [Bb] 16 tons, [Ab] [B] why did you get me?
Another [Bb] day of the ram beating day, [Cm] sent me to go [Bb] take all the [G] ghosts I [Gb] can go, [C] _ _ haul _ _ [Gm] _
my _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] soul _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to [G] _ the _ company [Am] store.
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